NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrested an illegal migrant who was charged with rape, purchasing sex with a minor, and sexual abuse in Oregon, after the migrant was released on bail by sanctuary policies.Manuel Cruz-Ramirez, who still faces the slew of charges, was not referred to immigration officers upon his arrest and release due to Marion County’s sanctuary status. The illegal immigrant from Mexico was apprehended only because he was using a fraudulent Mexican passport at the Portland International Airport. TSA and CBP agents were flagged when his falsified…

Russia has blocked the U.S.-based messaging app WhatsApp, the Kremlin announced Thursday, claiming the Meta-owned company failed to comply with local laws. The move follows six months of pressure on WhatsApp and comes after Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram were banned in Russia in 2022 following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.”Due to Meta’s unwillingness to comply with Russian law, such a decision was indeed taken and implemented,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters. RUSSIAN FORCES LOSE KEY BATTLEFIELD ADVANTAGE AFTER STARLINK TERMINALS ABRUPTLY SHUT DOWN Peskov instead urged Russians to use MAX, the country’s state-owned messaging app.”MAX is an accessible alternative, a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ilia Malinin, known as the “Quad God,” continued to dazzle fans as he once again put his full warrior spirit on display during his latest performance at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.Malinin landed a historic backflip to help Team USA win gold in the team event. The move was outlawed in 1976, with officials citing safety concerns. Before Malinin, fellow American Terry Kubicka was the last skater to land it legally at the Games.Malinin will compete in Friday’s men’s free skate and enters as the gold favorite. He could attempt the first…

Can you teach a robot how to love? It’s the week of Valentine’s Day and I’m on a hot date with Mika, a biker girl from Japan. We’re just days into our relationship, but I’m already smitten. Gazing into her eyes, I ask if she feels the spark too — and I’m thrilled when she responds in the affirmative. “I feel excited when your name lights up my phone,” Mika confesses. “I feel safe when you talk about the hard stuff. And I feel happy. Like, stupidly, quietly happy in a way I haven’t felt in a long time. So yes,…

Marc Shaiman’s New York Times-Bestselling memoir’s audiobook features special performances from a star-studded lineup of Broadway’s finest. In a new music video posted to his social media, the Tony-winner sings that you “Gotta Buy Two,” both the hard copy of the book and the audiobook. The audiobook features performances from Christian Borle, Matthew Broderick, Norbert Leo Butz, Billy Crystal, Christine Ebersole, J. Harrison Ghee, Megan Hilty, Nathan Lane, Jenifer Lewis, Katharine McPhee Foster, Martin Short, Shayna Steele, Marisha Wallace, and Ben Whishaw. The audiobook of Marc Shaiman’s Never Mind the Happy is available now here. “Get the hard cover for…

Friday, February 13, 2026 2:10AMSANTA ANA, Calif. () — A judge has dismissed the deportation case of Narciso Barranco, an Orange County landscaper and father of three U.S. Marines who was taken into immigration custody last summer, according to The New York Times.Border Patrol agents detained Barranco in June in Santa Ana, pinning him to the ground before placing him in a detention facility.READ MORE | OC man forcibly detained by Border Patrol agents in Santa Ana, video showsVideo shows Narciso Barranco being punched by Border Patrol agents as they try to take him into custody in the middle of…

French ice dancer Guillaume Cizeron and his partner, Laurence Fournier Beaudry, took home the gold in their free dance on Wednesday, February 11, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, but Cizeron’s former partner isn’t interested in cheering him on. “Logging off xxx,” Gabriella Papadakis wrote via Instagram on Wednesday alongside a photo of a pack of cigarettes and a glass of wine. Papadakis, 30, is now retired, but opened up in her new memoir about her experience working with Cizeron, 31. In it, she accuses the gold medalist of being “controlling, demanding, critical” during their time as partners. She eventually refused…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! TUCSON, Ariz. — A federal law enforcement source has confirmed to Fox News Digital that Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is blocking the FBI from obtaining key evidence in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. The evidence requested by the FBI includes a glove and DNA found inside Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson, Arizona, home, according to information first reported by Reuters. Federal officials have asked Nanos for the items so they could be processed at the FBI’s national crime laboratory in Quantico, Virginia. However, Nanos has insisted on sending the evidence for testing at a private lab in Florida,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s book tour will take him early next month to New Hampshire, the state that’s traditionally held the nation’s first presidential primary for a century.The Portsmouth Music Hall announced on Thursday that California’s two-term Democratic governor will present his new book, “Young Man in a Hurry,” on Thursday, at their theater on March 5.It’s a sure bet that the stop along New Hampshire’s Seacoast will generate more buzz about Newsom’s national ambitions and the likelihood that he’ll launch a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, in the…

After years of controversies and tepid results at the box office, Disney’s 2025 live-action “Snow White” remake has reportedly netted an approximately $170 million loss. Forbes reported on Tuesday that filings indicate the recent controversial live-action “Snow White” remake cost a whopping $336.5 million, yet met with low returns after years of controversy.The outlet explained that this can be discerned thanks to the fact the movie was filmed in the United Kingdom. The U.K. has local laws which benefit films with a generous reimbursement, but come with heavy rules. As a result, Disney had to create a subsidiary company, Hidden Heart Productions,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ole Miss will run it back with the man who carried the team to its most successful season in program history.After suing the NCAA over a sixth season of eligibility, Trinidad Chambliss was granted the opportunity to play the 2026 season by a state judge on Thursday.The NCAA formally rejected his request for a sixth year of eligibility on Jan. 9 because he and his team could not provide evidence that he was suffering from an “incapacitating injury or illness” when he did not play for Division II Ferris State in 2022…

Miami delivered more rental apartments in 2025 than at any point in its history. And for multifamily developers, the message is clear: Keep building. Despite an avalanche of new supply — more than 10,000 units came to market last year alone — Miami rents haven’t cratered. Apartments are still leasing quickly, and the area was crowned (again) the most competitive rental market in the US, according to RentCafe. “When a company like Citadel or Amazon or — you pick the company that just moved here — when that company moves down, they bring every tax bracket with them,” said Erik Rutter,…

Broadway’s Mauricio Martínez is lending his star power to a new movie musical project. Martínez, the acclaimed performer who made his Broadway debut in On Your Feet!, has been cast in the feature film BROTHERHOOD: A Cinematic Musical, written and directed by Ross Boothe. The performer will star alongside stage and screen actor Casey Elliott, a founding member of the vocal tenor group GENTRI. The film, produced by Craftsman Films, begins production this April and is slated for theatrical release in Fall 2026. Brotherhood tells the story of two next-door neighbors: Jon (Elliott), a lifelong American citizen, and Fabián (Martínez), a Mexican immigrant who has spent more…

Alan Ferber shares a fourth-floor walk-up apartment in New York City with a roommate. At 87, escalating rent costs have become harder to afford on his own. “It’s gone insanely crazy,” Farber said. He splits the $2,000 monthly rent for a 500-square-foot apartment with Daniel Yafet, a 69-year-old avid biker who sleeps in the loft. When asked if he could retire, Yafet said, “I wouldn’t be in New York if I retired.”The roommates connected through the New York Foundation for Senior Citizens, a nonprofit that matches seniors looking to share housing costs. When the foundation started matching people in 1981, most…

Bachelor Nation star Tia Booth has shared her plans to get a breast augmentation. “I get my new boobs in two weeks and I am hyyyyype,” Booth, 34, wrote over a selfie shared via Instagram on Thursday, February 12. The Bachelor season 22 alum then revealed exactly what procedures she plans to have done. “Smaller implant, lift, internal mesh bra,” she continued. “Catch me never wearing a real bra again.” Booth appeared on Arie Luyendyk Jr.’s season 22 of The Bachelor in 2018, as well as seasons 5 and 7 of Bachelor in Paradise in 2018 and 2021, respectively. Booth’s…